[chico2663]

He was an egnima. Talented as hell but always in troubled. Met him a couple times and was decent enough guy. Quiet as a hell. But one hell of an athlete.

[stevek173]

I remember watching him play.

How did he die?

[Cuse0323]

Didn’t he fall out of a truck driven by his girl or something crazy?

[VeggieDog]

On December 16, 2009, Henry sustained injuries when he fell out of the back of a moving truck driven by his fiancée Loleini Tonga, while they were engaged in a domestic dispute.


Tonga has three children by Henry. On December 17, 2009, Charlotte police announced that Henry had died at 6:36 a.m. ET at Carolinas Medical Center from the injuries sustained in the domestic dispute.


Two days later, on December 19, police confirmed that Henry died of blunt force trauma to the head. No charges were filed against his fiancée, and police announced that they found no evidence that Tonga drove recklessly or with excessive speed. There was no alcohol in Henry's blood at the time of the incident.

To honor Henry, every game of Week 15 (December 17–21) in the NFL began with a moment of silence before kickoff.

"Our football team, what they're feeling yesterday and this morning ... they watched a guy mature as a young man and work through adversity," Lewis said, adding that Henry became "a beacon of hope."

On December 20, three days after Henry's death, the Bengals traveled to Qualcomm Stadium to face the San Diego Chargers. As with all the other Week 15 games, a moment of silence was held before kickoff. Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, a close friend of Henry's, openly wept during the silence. Later in the game, on his first touchdown reception, Ochocinco dropped to his knee and paid tribute to Henry in the end-zone.

In June 2010, the Brain Injury Research Institute of West Virginia University released a report that Henry had developed a brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy during his playing career due to multiple hard hits to the head.



While several former NFL players had been found to have the disease after their deaths, Henry was believed to be the first still-active NFL player to have it.


The discovery that Henry had CTE has become a serious issue of concern for football and brain safety, especially since Henry was relatively young and had never been diagnosed with a concussion in any of his five NFL seasons or during his college career at West Virginia.


Concern has been raised whether an accumulation of lesser blows could eventually be enough to cause brain damage. It was also believed that the brain damage Henry suffered may have been a factor in his numerous off-the-field incidents.

After his death, Henry's mother made the decision to donate his organs for transplant. Henry's corneas, lungs, kidneys, heart, liver, and pancreas were transplanted, saving the lives of four people.

[stevek173]

Ty

[MinnesotaFats]

A moment of silence nationally for Chris Henry?

I mean, yeah- sad story....but old news and irrelevant career, ended by his own poor choices.

Kinda be like a moment of silence for Josh Gordon if he died while driving high or something....

Has to be a better cause out there for NFL to focus on.

[Itsamazing777]

The organ donation video on youtube is pretty good

[chico2663]

A moment of silence nationally for Chris Henry?

I mean, yeah- sad story....but old news and irrelevant career, ended by his own poor choices.

Kinda be like a moment of silence for Josh Gordon if he died while driving high or something....

Has to be a better cause out there for NFL to focus on.

Figures your dumb ass would have something neg. Lives off govt subsidies in housing.Hates the people renting from him.

[BigdaddyQH]

Figures your dumb ass would have something neg. Lives off govt subsidies in housing.Hates the people renting from him.

Just remember, this is the dumb arse that thinks that Cousins will win the MVP and the Vikings will win the Superbowl. He is noting but a dumb, uneducated Liberal homer.

[19th Hole]

Great choices in life.
Wouldn't even make a good "B" movie.

Too bad he didn't like himself enough to save himself.
Sad
Perhaps onset of C.T.E.

[chico2663]

Just remember, this is the dumb arse that thinks that Cousins will win the MVP and the Vikings will win the Superbowl. He is noting but a dumb, uneducated Liberal homer.

who me? i'm not cousins fan. Hate everyone from mich st or mich. But if it is him...he does have minnesota. Minnesota will be lucky to win the first game in the playoffs.

hopefully you have a good bowl season.

[chico2663]

Great choices in life.
Wouldn't even make a good "B" movie.

Too bad he didn't like himself enough to save himself.
Sad
Perhaps onset of C.T.E.

congrats on your pick 6 success this week.